rorqual

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From Norwegian Nynorsk røyrkval, from Old Norse reyðarhvalr (fin whale).

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rorqual (plural rorquals)

  1. Any whale of family Balaenopteridae, with longitudinal skin folds running from below the mouth to the navel, allowing the capacity of the mouth to expand greatly when feeding.
    • 2001 [1873], Frederick Paul Walter, transl., 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas, Wikisource / Project Gutenberg, translation of Vingt mille lieues sous les mers by Jules Verne:
      Now then, the biggest whales, those rorqual whales that frequent the waterways of the Aleutian Islands, have never exceeded a length of 56 meters--if they reach even that.

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French rorqual, from Norwegian Nynorsk røyrkval (furrow whale), from Old Norse reyðarhvalr.

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rorqual m (plural rorquals)

  1. rorqual (any whale species with long skin folds below mouth)

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Norwegian Nynorsk røyrkval (furrow whale), from Old Norse reyðarhvalr.

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rorqual m (plural rorquals)

  1. rorqual

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  • Catalan: rorqual

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Norwegian Nynorsk røyrkval, from Old Norse reyðarhvalr.

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rorqual m (plural rorquais)

  1. rorqual (any whale species with long skin folds below mouth)